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Upgrade your brain: Programming resources for coding newbies

The Next Web

Steve Jobs Anyone who’s paying attention these days has probably figured out that computer programming is fast becoming the new standard of literacy in our technology-driven economy. “Everybody in this country should learn to program a computer, because it teaches you how to think.”—

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Support Bookshare for Veterans

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For veterans with visual impairments, traumatic brain injuries or other disabilities, reading standard print is difficult, if not impossible. For them, Bookshare —Benetech’s Global Literacy initiative and the world’s largest accessible digital library for people with print disabilities—opens up a lifeline to reading.

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How clutter affects your productivity (and what you can do about it)

The Next Web

But the reality is, you probably made a mistake in buying those things and it literally hurts your brain to come to terms with that fact. Your brain views the loss of one of your valued possessions as the same as something that causes you physical pain. Clutter’s impact on your brain. Why Apple wants you to touch its stuff.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. Global Literacy Sixth Grader and Bookshare member Kevin Leong with Jim Fruchterman at Benetech''s offices. Bookshare is helping Kevin— who had suffered a brain injury—to keep up with his school work.

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Tata Consultancy Services in Mumbai

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We discussed literacy and access for the blind, and I learned about one of Mr. Kohli's passions, which is adult literacy. So, I left for my return drive to my hotel with a brain buzzing with possibilities. We had a great conversation high above south Mumbai in the Air India building, which overlooks Mumbai's peninsula.

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Non-Traditional Giving Days for Your Next Fundraiser

The Modern Nonprofit

March = Adolescent Self-Injury Awareness Month, National Athletic Training Month, International Black Women In Jazz & The Arts Month, Brain Injury Awareness Month, Irish-American Heritage Month, National Music in Our Schools Month, National Nutrition Month, National Social Work Month, Women’s History Month, Youth Art Month.

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President’s Update: Fall 2013

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Highlights of this Update: Global Literacy Human Rights Benetech Labs Communications Global Literacy Bookshare celebrated a double milestone this summer, reaching over 200,000 available titles in our collection and serving over 250,000 members with disabilities!

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